We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries many do not even want.

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.